Underthrow on Other Shows (Part Deux)
The Constitution of Consent podcast tour continues. If your ears have been jealous of your eyes, here are some conversations for your morning coffee. Plus Five Principles to help you craft your entry.
Please pay attention if you signed up for Underthrow to get tips and reminders about the Constitution of Consent contest.
I hope you’re enjoying the content, but in addition to the Contest Guidelines, I want to share five principles that could help with you to help you with your constitution:
Principle of Consent—The constitution should be considered an explicit social contract, which means one should be a signatory to be a citizen. Once one signs, both the benefits and responsibilities of the agreement accrue to her. Those who do not sign are treated as non-participants with respect to the rights and obligations of the constitution, yet are still entitled to basic human rights and dignities under the common law.
Principle of Judicial and Common Law Supremacy—Judicial decisions, especially those rooted in established precedents of common law, should hold authority over legislative and executive actions within a legal system.
Principle of Subsidiarity—All decision-making authority should reside at the most local level feasible; disputes about feasibility should be resolved in court.
Principle of Self-determination—Any group of people living under this constitution has a right to spawn, secede from, or join another jurisdiction through a reasonable consensus process.
Principle of Polyarchy—individuals should have the autonomy to select from various governance systems or associations that align with their personal values and conceptions of the good, regardless of their geographic location.
While we provide 25 suggestions under the Contest Guidelines, entrants might do well to focus on these five.
Now, if you’d benefit from listening to me discuss ideas around the contest even more, feel free to check out Part Deux of the podcasts